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Post by janie on Oct 8, 2012 7:30:03 GMT -5
USA now has 10 players in the top 100. Unfortunately almost all of them are and will always be journeywomen. Still, better than languishing in the Hidden World for an entire career, so good for them. Speaking of USians, Julia Cohen has played 40 tournaments in the past year. She should get some kind of stamina award.
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Post by lexpretend on Oct 15, 2012 3:31:32 GMT -5
Winning an ITF tournament sends Hsieh rocketing to #25. She was in the 60s a month ago
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Post by Grarliner on Oct 17, 2012 20:07:03 GMT -5
USA now has 10 players in the top 100. Unfortunately almost all of them are and will always be journeywomen. Still, better than languishing in the Hidden World for an entire career, so good for them. Speaking of USians, Julia Cohen has played 40 tournaments in the past year. She should get some kind of stamina award. I doubt many people would have thought USA would constitute 10% of the top 100 population in 2012, though. As you say, they wish their players had a little more upside though. I guess it's not impossible Sloane Stephens or McHale go higher?
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Post by lexpretend on Oct 21, 2012 3:37:37 GMT -5
The USian decline has always been overstated. Just because they don't have any dominating champions on the horizon doesn't mean the top 100 won't be packed with USian journeywomen/journeymen. Population and resources and sheer number of home events dictate that.
And they still have several top junior prospects coming through.
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Post by Old Hag on Oct 21, 2012 22:41:40 GMT -5
But, USians expect to have someone contending for slams. On the women's side, there's always been someone up there. Hard to see that with the recent trend of fatties or limited defender types.
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Post by Grarliner on Oct 21, 2012 22:48:25 GMT -5
The USian decline has always been overstated. Just because they don't have any dominating champions on the horizon doesn't mean the top 100 won't be packed with USian journeywomen/journeymen. Population and resources and sheer number of home events dictate that. And they still have several top junior prospects coming through. I don't think it was overstated. Wasn't it Venus, Serena and BMS in the top 100 for a bit there and nobody else?
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Post by Old Hag on Oct 21, 2012 22:50:01 GMT -5
Yes, we did have that glorious week or so where Bethanie was the top USian. But, none of that matters with Serena.
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Post by Grarliner on Oct 22, 2012 12:36:15 GMT -5
I just mean that there was a real dearth of American players in the top 100. It was a big comedown from 2002 when they had Venus, Serena, Davenport, Capriati and Seles and some good secondary players like Rubin, Raymond and Frazier. Let's remember, Americans used to expect that, too.
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Post by lexpretend on Oct 22, 2012 13:10:34 GMT -5
McHale is the top 1992 girl, Stephens the 1993 #1 and Davis the #3, Pegula and Min in the 1994 top 10, Keys and Crawford in the 1995 top 5. Plus Burdette who's older but who's made the kind of immediate splash we haven't seen for years, and then the Tornado child who's the only ranked 1998 girl. Not all of those will even be top players but I doubt the USA will ever stop being one of the most dominant top 100 nations.
The brief spell when even the journeywomen all fell off tour was always going to be an anomaly, it'd be literally impossible not to keep a conveyor belt of at least top 100 players going given how many events are in the USA etc.
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Post by lexpretend on Oct 22, 2012 13:13:56 GMT -5
But when Serena retires, the WTA will be in much more need of a genuine champion, from anywhere in the world, than, IDK, McHale and Stephens maxing out as lower-top-10 players.
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Post by Grarliner on Oct 23, 2012 12:34:30 GMT -5
But when Serena retires, the WTA will be in much more need of a genuine champion, from anywhere in the world, than, IDK, McHale and Stephens maxing out as lower-top-10 players. I think Azarenka has the potential to the develop into one.
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Post by lexpretend on Nov 19, 2012 7:07:31 GMT -5
Janie gets her (and, I suspect, only her) wish this week: Koehler moves above Screecher de Screamo by one place, at 129, to become the Portuguese No 1.
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Post by janie on Nov 19, 2012 7:17:54 GMT -5
Janie gets her (and, I suspect, only her) wish this week: Koehler moves above Screecher de Screamo by one place, at 129, to become the Portuguese No 1.
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Post by lexpretend on Jan 28, 2013 6:11:33 GMT -5
Lots of notable moves in this week's rankings. 2. Serena Williams (3). Even given Vika's defence and Serena's habitual Feb/March absence, she has a good chance of returning to No 1 soon. 5. Li Na (6). Still feel gutted for her. More than the injuries/fireworks, what she really has cause to regret is failing to keep up her momentum once she'd pulled back to 4-4 in the second set. She had all the momentum, and she really gave it away for no reason...the last time she lost an AO final from a set up, she won RG though. 11. Caroline Wozniacki (10). [Insert "bye bitch" gif here.] 17. Sloane Stephens (25). Serena tweeted "I made you" the other day, LOL. Aimed at Ma$ha or Sloane or both? 26. Jelena Jankovic (21). "How is JaJa still in the top 30?" is the new "How is JaJa still in the top 10?" 32. Kirsten Flipkens (43). She'll be top 20 soon. St Kim will never leave us alone. 40. Heather Watson (50). 43. Laura Robson (53). In "the tiniest of tiny milestones" news, Watson and Robson have now both surpassed Keothavong and Baltacha's career high rankings. 50. Svetlana Kuznetsova (75). Resurgence for real? More "bye bitch" gifs from the top 50 to the following: 52. Sabine Lisicki (36). 53. Francesca Schiavone (48). 55. Daniela Hantuchova (44). 71. Lesia Tsurenko (85). The luckiest loser of 2013. 77. Kimiko Date-Krumm (100). Who'd have ever thought she'd rescue her ranking yet again? 79. Timea Babos (73). The fall cometh. She's sucked for ages. Welcome to the top 100, young'uns! 81. Madison Keys (105). 86. Kristyna Pliskova (106). 93. Donna Vekic (111). 97. Jana Cepelova (115). (Welcome back to the top 100 to Latisha (88), THE HAIR (89) and the Cleansing White Mug (95) also.) 10 teenagers in the top 100 now, and lurking loudly just outside: 101. Yulia Putintseva (122). *davai davai c'mon c'mon c'mon allez c'mon fistpump fistpump in opponent's face* The top 100 bids goodbye to: 104. Vania King (76) 129. Vera Zvonareva (95). Is she ever coming back? Welcome to the top 200: 155. Luksika Kumkhum (201). If she wins a match in Pattaya this week, Tammy's career-long reign as Thai No 1 comes to an end 162. Daria Gavrilova (223). 188. Tadeja Majeric (214).
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Post by GoDom on Jan 28, 2013 7:37:13 GMT -5
Nice summary, thanks. I'm always too lazy to check ranks these days.
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Post by Edna Krabappel on Jan 28, 2013 7:49:59 GMT -5
BoJo is up to #38. She might be even seeded at RG!
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Post by janie on Jan 28, 2013 17:10:03 GMT -5
Akgul leaped in a single bound from 199 to 148.
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Post by Traveling Man on Jan 29, 2013 9:59:46 GMT -5
My interest is highest in Vekic, although I've never seen her play despite her AO & Tashkent performances.
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Post by janie on Jan 29, 2013 10:58:49 GMT -5
Just noticed that MJ Koehler, the top Portuguese player , jumped up to 106. I wonder how her transition to WTA events will go -- better than Rampre's, I hope!
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Post by Grarliner on Jan 29, 2013 19:02:17 GMT -5
BoJo is 38? Wow. Someone does need to shut her up, though.
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Post by Wagasi on Jan 30, 2013 10:47:21 GMT -5
From what little I saw of her match with Jankovic, Koelher is an all out unimaginative basher.
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Post by janie on Jan 30, 2013 13:54:11 GMT -5
oh
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Post by DBBN on Jan 30, 2013 19:01:06 GMT -5
She played Kim at AO on TV last year. Didn't you all see her then?
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Post by lexpretend on Jun 11, 2013 3:16:54 GMT -5
With Ormaechea breaking the top 100 this week, that means every (inhabited) continent has a representative in both ATP and WTA top 100s. Garcia also finally breaks the top 100. A less-heralded milestone: Stephanie Vogt's rise to 188 makes her the first Liechtensteiner in the top 200 May Kathinka Von Deichmann swiftly follow. LIE dynasty.
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Post by janie on Jul 30, 2013 19:44:15 GMT -5
Peer is back on top among Israelis. Jumped 40 spots, to 109, thanks to Baku final. Still a daunting 98 spots below her career high, but hey.
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Post by lexpretend on Jul 31, 2013 10:06:52 GMT -5
I was wondering what ranking move prompted Janie's bump, did not expect this! I guessed it would have been Pereira breaking the top 100 - the first Brazilian woman to do so in 23 years According to TF, 16 players have broken the top 100 in 2013 so far: =1. Jana Cepelova (SVK) =1. Madison Keys (USA) =1. Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) =1. Donna Vekic (CRO) 5. Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 6. Elina Svitolina (UKR) 7. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 8. Mallory Burdette (USA) 9. Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 10. Monica Puig (PUR) 11. Estrella Cabeza Candela (ESP) =12. Caroline Garcia (FRA) =12. Paula Ormaechea (ARG) =14. Alison Riske (USA) =14. Anna Schmiedlova (SVK) 16. Teliana Pereira (BRA) All of those have carried on rising - Keys, Svitolina and Puig have continued up into the top 50 - or at least maintained their position except Kristyna Pliskova, who's backslid all the way down to 130 and who just lost in the Donetsk 75K R1 to Sofia Shapatava Perhaps more surprising is that almost all can be classed as young up-and-comers. All started 2013 as teenagers except Ormaechea (20 yrs old), Burdette (22 yrs old but just out of college) and the only three relative veterans in that lot - Cabeza Candela (26), Riske (23) and Pereira (23). Players in the top 130 who have yet to break the top 100: Dinah Pfizenmaier (108), Kurumi Nara (110), Maria Sanchez (112), Tadeja Majeric (115), Maryna Zanevska (116), Sharon Fichman (119), Luksika Kumkhum (122), Julia Glushko (123), Nadiya Kichenok (125), Ying-Ying Duan (128).
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